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Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/pud



On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:47:06PM +0000, Antti Kantee wrote:
> The hardest part, coming up with the name, was done by agc.  I'm
> not exactly sure what "pud" is supposed to stand for, but if my
> British is anything close to par, I understand that "pud" over
> there can stand for just about anything, so it's a safe bet.

"pud" is a contraction of the culinary term "pudding", an attribute
which is absolutely essential for this area of the repository.

With just a nod to say it's a joy to be able to recite Burns in
relation to NetBSD's src repository, this is taken from the inimitable
Robert Burns's "Address to a Haggis":

        Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, 
        Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!

Regards,
Alistair



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